Gung Ho (1986)

Sab Shimono: Saito

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Quotes 

• Mr. Sakamoto : Everything is all right here?

  Oishi Kazihiro : Yes. Fine. Great. Have a good trip back.

  Mr. Sakamoto : I will visit the factory tomorrow.

  Oishi Kazihiro : Uh, tomorrow not good day.

  Mr. Sakamoto : Why not good day?

  Oishi Kazihiro : Factory is locked and we can't find key.

  Saito : Bullshit-o!

• Oishi Kazihiro : Mr. Stevenson.

  Hunt Stevenson : [lights up cigar and leans his seat back]  Uh-huh?

  Oishi Kazihiro : How do you think things are going at the factory?

  Hunt Stevenson : Honestly, Kaz?

  Oishi Kazihiro : Yes, please.

  Hunt Stevenson : Not too well.

  [sits upright] 

  Hunt Stevenson : Uh, see, you're Stateside now, fellas and to tell you the truth, you're still acting like a bunch of Yokohama mobs. No offense.

  Oishi Kazihiro : None taken.

  Hunt Stevenson : Can I... can I be frank, for a second? I've heard a lot of talk about, uh, how good the Japanese businessmen are.

  [leans back and puts cigar in mouth] 

  Hunt Stevenson : Quite frankly, I'm sorry. I don't get it. I don't see it. I'm not impressed.

  Oishi Kazihiro : You're fired.

  Hunt Stevenson : [suddenly shocked]  What?

  [Hunt falls off chair] 

  Hunt Stevenson : You can't fire me.

  Oishi Kazihiro : [gets up and pours himself some whiskey]  You'll go back on the line with the others.

  Hunt Stevenson : Whoa! Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Explain this to me. Why?

  Oishi Kazihiro : I do not understand American workers. They come five minutes late, leave two minutes early. They stay home when they are sick. They put themselves above company. You seem to feel the same way as they do.

  Hunt Stevenson : Okay, excuse me, but explain something to me. When this was an American factory, production was up 10% higher than it is with you guys. Now explain that to me.

  Oishi Kazihiro : Ten percent?

  Hunt Stevenson : Yeah.

  Oishi Kazihiro : In Japan, production in same sized factory is 40% higher.

  Saito : With superior quality.

  Hunt Stevenson : That's impossible. How can you guys work that fast?

  Oishi Kazihiro : Japanese worker is very loyal to company. Is very proud when company does well. Is ashamed when it does poorly.

  Saito : Like now.